Crystle Stewart

Model

Female

BornSep 20, 1981

Crystle Danae Stewart, from Missouri City, Texas, is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2008. She was born to Robert & Cynthia Franklin Stewart. She has one brother named Robert and one sister named Breana. Stewart currently stars as the character on the TBS comedy-drama television series Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse known as Leslie, a well-off real estate agent.… Read More

'It was the highest placing by the Texas representative since <mark>Crystle Stewart</mark> won in 2008. A native of Laredo who majored in communications at CTX, Rodriguez qualified for the competition after being named Miss Texas USA 2011 on her fifth try for the'

'The 2011 Miss USA pageant will mark its 60th anniversary. Rodriguez will try to become the tenth Miss Texas USA to win the Miss USA crown and advance to the Miss Universe pageant. The last Miss Texas USA to be crowned Miss USA was <mark>Crystle Stewart</mark> in'

She competed at Miss Texas USA 2006 as Miss Harris County, and placed first runner-up to Lanning for the second time.

In 2006 she placed first runner-up to Miss Houston for a second time and, in a double repetition, placed first runner-up to Miss Houston, Magen Ellis, in the 2007 state pageant (competing as Miss Southeast Texas).

This time Stewart won the title and was crowned Miss Texas USA 2008.
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She also won the Everything but Water Swimsuit award, announced during the preliminary competition. Stewart is the second African American to win the crown at Miss Texas USA; Chelsi Smith was crowned Miss Texas USA 1995 (and later Miss USA and Miss Universe). Read Less

On April 11, 2008 Stewart represented Texas in the Miss USA 2008 pageant where she became the ninth Texan to win the Miss USA title.
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Throughout her reign she served for various charities, conducted media interviews and made other public appearances. On 26 April, she attended the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.<br /><br /> Stewart holds a degree in consumer science and merchandising from the University of Houston. Stewart is represented as a model by Neal Hamil Agency in Houston. Read Less

She represented the USA at the Miss Universe pageant on July 13, 2008 in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
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She advanced to the top 10, where she became the second consecutive Miss USA, following Rachel Smith in 2007, to stumble and fall during the evening gown competition. After that, she encouraged the audience to applaud by clapping her hands. Unlike Smith, Stewart did not advance to the top five. Stewart finished 8th overall. Read Less

200927 Years Old
Stewart hosted the Miss Teen USA 2009 competition on July 31, 2009 along with Seth Goldman.

201028 Years Old
Goldman and Stewart once again hosted the Miss Teen USA pageant on July 24, 2010.
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Stewart also co-hosted multiple Miss Texas USA pageants including some with her husband, Belgian-born model, Max Sebrechts (married August 9, 2014) and she also co-hosted with Jason Feinberg. Read Less

THIRTIES

201634 Years Old
Stewart served as a finals judge at the Miss USA 2016 pageant on June 5, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.